Bomb scare

Bomb threats, attempted hijackings must not become new norm for Israeli travelers - editorial

For Israeli passengers who simply want to visit family or take a holiday abroad, the prospect of emergency landings and bomb scares becoming an accepted part of air travel is deeply unsettling.

Yaniv Hayun, who subdued the suspected terrorist aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073, arrives at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, September 30, 2026.
Los Angeles, USA - Close-up on the insignia and slogan of a LAPD vehicle, with the reflection of Union Station's tower visible in the car's window.

Bomb hoax targets private Jewish school in Los Angeles amid string of antisemitic bombing threats

Illustrative:  member of the Palm Beach County Sheriffs' office parks a patrol car outside of Mar-a-Lago club as part of the security for US President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida on December 20, 2025.

Bomb threat called on Boca Raton Jewish preschool, law enforcement evacuates area

German special police forces secure the area on the day of German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz, and Saxony-Anhalt State Prime Minister and top candidate Sven Schulze visit to UPM Biochemicals in Leuna, Germany, September 3, 2026.

German police defuse 21 explosive devices uncovered at power grid in Saxony


Unattended package left at Pittsburgh-area JCC detonated by police

The small canvas bag was left on a ramp leading to the parking garage under the Jewish Community Center.

A police officer blocks an entrance as officials respond to a bomb threat at the Jewish Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

US backs off extradition of JCC hoax bomber, may wait for Israeli trial

The US and Israel have strong extradition agreements that apply in most cases, the Justice Ministry decided in April that this case was exceptional.

A police officer blocks an entrance as officials respond to a bomb threat at the Jewish Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

Palestinian arrested for trying to smuggle pipe bomb into military court

It was the third attempt to infiltrate a court house with bomb in two months.

A pipe bomb neutralized December 28, 2017 at the Samaria Military Courthouse in the West Bank.

Police arrest man with explosive device in West Bank

The suspect had one pipe bomb strapped to his body; the second in a coat placed near soldiers.

One of two pipe bombs seized and neutralized by police at the entrance to Samaria Military Court in the West Bank.

FBI identifies man who made bomb threats to Jewish institutions in Kansas

A man identifying himself as Ford Joseph Holloway submitted an online tip to the FBI saying he was the “mastermind behind the Jewish synagogue bomb threats.”

An FBI investigator

Bomb threat faxed to Orthodox Jewish high school in New York

Police are investigating to find out who sent the letter.

Policemen (background) keep guard as men and boys stand at a Brooklyn synagogue in New York City.

House panel advances bill sparked by JCC threats

Most of the 162 bomb threats are suspected of coming from an American-Israeli Jewish man living in Ashdod, Israel.

JCC bomb threats suspect

Bomb threat cancels Balfour Declaration event at Florida Jewish museum

FIU police dog identified possible explosives in the suspects car, leading to the evacuation of a university parking garage.

Jewish Museum of Florida Miami Beach

FBI: Israeli-American teen who threatened JCCs sold bomb threat services

The teen sold his services on AlphaBay, a “dark web” marketplace website selling illegal goods and services that was closed by U.S. authorities in July.

An US-Israeli teen who was arrested in Israel on suspicion of making bomb threats against Jewish community centers in the United States, Australia and New Zealand is seen at a remand hearing at Magistrate's Court in Rishon Lezion, Israel on March 23, 2017

US man charged with threats to JCCs pleads guilty

No signs of remorse appeared on his face as he smirked throughout the hour-long proceeding.

JUAN THOMPSON is believed to be behind at least eight of the hundreds of bomb threats that targeted JCCs in the US at the beginning of the year